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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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O dodecafonismo tardio de Adorno

Baggio, Igor [UNESP] 24 June 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-06-24Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:27:45Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 baggio_i_me_ia.pdf: 867118 bytes, checksum: 1b8a7d1f74787bc03086c6501ecf808a (MD5) / Esta dissertação tem como tema a relação entre teoria e prática da técnica dodecafônica em Adorno. Enfoca a crítica efetuada por Adorno à técnica dodecafônica no ensaio Schoenberg e o progresso, as noções de dessensibilização do material e de obra tardia e algumas peças musicais compostas por Adorno em seus anos de exílio na Inglaterra e nos EUA. Pretende com isso mostrar a afinidade existente entre a crítica teórica de Adorno ao dodecafonismo serial mais ortodoxo e o caráter idiossincrático dos procedimentos seriais e da concepção formal presentes em algumas de suas últimas composições. / This dissertation has as theme the relationship between theory and practice of the twelve-tone technique in Adorno's work. It focuses the critic made by Adorno to the twelve-tone technique in the essay Schoenberg and the progress, the notions of desensitization of the material and of late work and some musical pieces composed by Adorno in his years of exile in England and in the USA. It intends with that to show the existent likeness among Adorno's theoretical critic to the more orthodox twelve-tone technique and the idiosyncratic character of the serial procedures and of the formal conception present in some of his last compositions.
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Codificação incidental da ordem serial na memória de trabalho visuoespacial: evidências baseadas em uma tarefa de detecção da mudança / Incidental encoding of serial order in visuospatial working memory: evidence based on a change detection task

Jeanny Joana Rodrigues Alves de Santana 03 September 2010 (has links)
A memória para a ordem dos eventos em uma sequência está relacionada com muitos domínios cognitivos, como direcionar o comportamento a um objetivo, reconhecer uma ação e prever eventos do ambiente. A codificação da ordem serial tem sido, portanto, um tema polêmico a ser explicado pelos modelos de memória de trabalho visuoespacial. Neste estudo investigamos a codificação incidental da ordem serial de eventos em tarefas de reconhecimento de sequências, nas quais a dimensão relevante para a resposta poderia ser a aparência visual, a localização espacial ou a conjunção visuoespacial dos eventos. A tarefa exigia que os participantes (n=60) detectassem uma mudança em um dos estímulos da sequência e ignorassem mudanças na dimensão irrelevante: a ordem na qual os eventos eram apresentados. De maneira geral, o desempenho foi mais prejudicado nas sequências em que a ordem dos itens mudava. A comparação das três condições de memória (aparência visual, localização espacial e conjunção visuoespacial) revelou que houve melhor desempenho na tarefa espacial. Nesta condição, ocorreu uma interação entre os fatores mudança na dimensão relevante (localização espacial) e mudança na dimensão irrelevante (ordem serial). Estes resultados revelam que a ordem foi codificada de forma incidental com as informações relevantes para a tarefa. A diferença do efeito da mudança da dimensão irrelevante para os três tipos de sequências sugere que a ordem foi codificada em um estágio inicial do processamento de informações e, por isto, incluída na comparação de características, gerando diferentes padrões de respostas conforme a modalidade do estímulo. A interação entre localização e ordem serial indica que a informação espacial foi registrada de maneira integrada à ordem dos eventos na sequência, em uma representação espaço-temporal unitária. Supõe-se que um mecanismo de manutenção da informação espacial tenha operado recitando os eventos na ordem em que foram apresentados na sequência. Considera-se, também, a possibilidade de a apresentação sequencial dos estímulos ter gerado uma representação visuoespacial baseada em uma organização temporal das informações. Neste caso, é provável que um mecanismo de integração de informações tenha operado para realizar a interface entre uma estrutura temporal previamente armazenada na memória de longo prazo e o conteúdo da memória de trabalho. Estes achados sugerem a existência de um sistema responsável pela conjunção de informações de diferentes dimensões e integração de conteúdos da memória de trabalho e memória de longo prazo. As evidências obtidas neste estudo têm implicações em diferentes áreas do conhecimento. Na perspectiva da psicologia cognitiva experimental são discutidos os modelos atuais de memória de trabalho. No âmbito da psicologia cognitiva aplicada são fornecidos subsídios teóricos para o desenvolvimento de ferramentas diagnósticas para caracterização de déficits de aprendizagem e lesões neurológicas relacionados com o processamento de sequências de informações visuoespaciais. Além disso, é possível estabelecer uma relação entre os processos de memória e os mecanismos de organização do comportamento em contextos clínicos. / The memory for the events order in a sequence is related to many cognitive domains, such as managing behavior to a goal, to recognize an action and anticipate events in the real world. The encoding of serial order has been a controversial topic to be explained by the models of visuospatial working memory. We investigated the incidental encoding of events serial order in recognition tasks sequences, in which a relevant dimension to the response could be the visual appearance, the spatial location or visuospatial conjunction of events. The task required that participants (n = 60) to detect a change in a sequence of stimuli and ignore changes in irrelevant dimension: the order in which events were presented. In general, performance was more impaired in the sequences where the order of items changed. The comparison of the three memory conditions (visual appearance, spatial location and visuospatial conjunction) revealed that there was better performance in spatial task. In this condition, there was an interaction between change in the relevant dimension (spatial location) and change in the irrelevant dimension (serial order). These results show that the order was codified indirectly with relevant information to the task. The difference in the effect of changing the dimension irrelevant to the three types of sequences suggests that the order was codified in an early stage of information processing and, therefore, included in feature comparison, generating different patterns of responses depending on the modality of the stimulus. The interaction between location and serial order indicates that the spatial information was registered in an integrated manner to the order of events following in a unitary space-time representation. It is assumed that a mechanism for maintenance of spatial information has operated reciting the events in the order they were presented in sequence. It is considered also the possibility that the sequential presentation of stimuli have generated a visuospatial representation based on information temporal organization. In this case, it is likely that a mechanism of information integration has operated to achieve the interface between a temporal structure previously stored in long-term memory and the contents of working memory. These findings suggest the existence of a system responsible for the combination of information from different dimensions and integration of working memory contents and long-term memory. Data obtained in this study have implications in different areas of knowledge. In view of experimental cognitive psychology current models of working memory are discussed. Within the cognitive psychology applied theoretical support are provided for the development of diagnostic tools for characterizing learning deficits and neurological injuries related to the processing of visuospatial information sequences. Furthermore, it is possible to establish a relationship between memory processes and the mechanisms of organization of behavior in clinical settings.
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John Wayne Gacy: a psychobiographical study

Pieterse, Juazel January 2012 (has links)
The study is a psychobiographical study, aiming to explore and describe the life of John Wayne Gacy. He was a well-respected man in his community, entertaining the neighbourhood as Pogo the clown. But there was a dark side to his nature that he tried to keep hidden; yet glimpses of it appeared throughout his life. This dark side was exposed to the public when the police found twenty-seven dead bodies ranging from boys of nine to young men twenty years of age hidden in his basement. The study utilises the Erikson’s psychosocial developmental theory in order to examine Gacy’s life and attempt to establish unique character traits. The study utilises a qualitative single case study approach, and the subject was selected through purposive sampling based on interest value. Archival data was collected from secondary sources to enhance validity. Data was analysed by first organising and reducing information obtained; and then displaying it for discussion of Gacy’s life. Gacy’s life was reconstructed from birth, through adolescence and adulthood and his death. The findings suggest that the theoretical approach considered the biopsychosocial as well as cultural and historical influences of situations and experiences in Gacy’s personality development throughout his lifespan. The main themes of discussion centre around the abuse he experienced and the influence this had on his development, the lack of crisis resolution and thus achievement of virtues, Gacy’s lack of difficulty in establishing attachment and the resulting narcissism and lack of self-abandon, as well his homosexuality, sadism and the murders he ultimately committed. The study highlighted the importance of psychobiographical studies and the value of Erikson’s theory in understanding development. Recommendations for future research in this field was made in the hope of further uncovering and understanding the personality and its development.
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Návrh a realizace monitoru sériové komunikace / Design and realization of serial communication monitor

Šnajder, Jan January 2020 (has links)
Aim of this thesis is design and realization of serial communication monitor. The thesis describes creation of hardware device responsible for collecting data from analyzed communications and for distribution of these data by USB bus. Thesis also explains connection between serial monitor and software Wireshark by extcap interface. Visualization of data in readable format is done by decoding script, which is tested by selected protocol. The last part of the study is focused on evaluation of data permeability of hardware device according to data line fullness.
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Tvorba experimentální bezdrátové senzorové sítě / Creation of an experimental wireless sensor network

Piro, Šimon January 2014 (has links)
In this thesis, there will be experimental wireless sensor network created. Simple mo- nitoring application will be running on this network and storing data in database. For easier maintaining of network, there will be prototype system created, which will allow remote firmware upload to network nodes. This system will use Bootloader application from Atmel company combined with Serial to Ethernet converter. This system will al- lows mass upload of firmware to nodes from any place in the world with Internet access. Information about network will be stored in database which will include table for nodes and connections where its possible to see link quality for each link in the network.
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Rapidly Locating and Accurately Tracking the Center of Mass Using Statically Equivalent Serial Chains

Almandeel, Ali January 2015 (has links)
No description available.
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A differential-based parallel force/velocity actuation concept : theory and experiments

Rabindran, Dinesh, 1978- 05 February 2010 (has links)
Robots are now moving from their conventional confined habitats such as factory floors to human environments where they assist and physically interact with people. The requirement for inherent mechanical safety is overarching in such human-robot interaction systems. We propose a dual actuator called Parallel Force/Velocity Actuator (PFVA) that combines a Force Actuator (FA) (low velocity input) and a Velocity Actuator (VA) (high velocity input) using a differential gear train. In this arrangement mechanical safety can be achieved by limiting the torque on the FA and thus making it a backdriveable input. In addition, the kinematic redundancy in the drive can be used to control output velocity while satisfying secondary operational objectives. Our research focus was on three areas: (i) scalable parametric design of the PFVA, (ii) analytical modeling of the PFVA and experimental testing on a single-joint prototype, and (iii) generalized model formulation for PFVA-driven serial robot manipulators. In our analysis, the ratio of velocity ratios between the FA and the VA, called the relative scale factor, emerged as a purely geometric and dominant design parameter. Based on a dimensionless parametric design of PFVAs using power-flow and load distributions between the inputs, a prototype was designed and built using commercial-off-the-shelf components. Using controlled experiments, two performance-limiting phenomena in our prototype, friction and dynamic coupling between the two inputs, were identified. Two other experiments were conducted to characterize the operational performance of the actuator in velocity-mode and in what we call ‘torque-limited’ mode (i.e. when the FA input can be backdriven). Our theoretical and experimental results showed that the PFVA can be mechanical safe to both slow collisions and impacts due to the backdriveability of the FA. Also, we show that its kinematic redundancy can be effectively utilized to mitigate low-velocity friction and backlash in geared mechanisms. The implication at the system level of our actuator level analytical and experimental work was studied using a generalized dynamic modeling framework based on kinematic influence coefficients. Based on this dynamic model, three design case studies for a PFVA-driven serial planar 3R manipulator were presented. The major contributions of this research include (i) mathematical models and physical understanding for over six fundamental design and operational parameters of the PFVA, based on which approximately ten design and five operational guidelines were laid out, (ii) analytical and experimental proof-of-concept for the mechanical safety feature of the PFVA and the effective utilization of its kinematic redundancy, (iii) an experimental methodology to characterize the dynamic coupling between the inputs in a differential-summing mechanism, and (iv) a generalized dynamic model formulation for PFVA-driven serial robot manipulators with emphasis on distribution of output loads between the FA and VA input-sets. / text
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L’autobiographie sérielle (« serial autobiography ») dans l’œuvre d’Andrej Belyj / « Serial Autobiography in Andrej Bely’s œuvre »

Levina Parker, Maria 12 November 2013 (has links)
Dans ma thèse, j’analyse la pratique de l’« autobiographie sérielle » et autofiction dans les mémoires et les romans d’Andrej Belyj.Andrej Belyj, qui dans ses mémoires et dans ses romans réécrit de manière constante son enfance et sa vie, peut être considéré comme auteur engagé dans la création d'une «sérielle» autobiographie. Ce processus de réinvention de soi est caractérisé par remodelage et déplacement de son ego et de ses relations avec les parents, avec ses connaissances marquantes et avec ses proches amis, aussi que par les changements des points de vue mystiques, religieux et philosophiques (philosophie néo-kantienne, anthroposophie, etc.). Des identités multiples et des récits sont articulés comme les constituants d'une séquence autobiographique toujours inachevée et qui ne peut jamais aboutir à la conclusion ou à la signification définitive. La construction par Belyj de sa propre identité apparaît sous forme de développement des «variations sur un thème» (Belyj, « Zapiski chudaka »), où chaque nouvelle variation entre en dialogue avec les précédentes en les éliminant partiellement. Les mémoires et les romans de Belyj représentent sa vie comme une série de thèses et antithèses, autrement dit comme une narration dialectique de la vie montante en spirale. / My dissertation examines the practice of serial autobiography and autofiction in Andrej Bely’s prose including his memoirs and novels. Andrej Bely who in his memoirs and fiction constantly rewrites his childhood and life may be said to be engaged in creating serial autobiography. This process is characterized by the reinvention, recreation and relocation of his self and his relationships with his parents, significant others, and close friends.A series of identities and stories are constructed as the constituents of an incomplete, or open, autobiographical sequence which never can reach a conclusion or final signification. Bely’s creation of self-identity presents itself as the development of “variations of a theme” (Bely, Zapiski chudaka) in which every consequent variation engages in a dialogue with and partially cancels the preceding ones. Bely’s memoirs and novels present his life as series of theses and antitheses, in other words as a spirally ascending dialectical life-narrative.
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A função executiva de atualização de informações na memória de trabalho para a ordem serial de eventos visuais e espaciais / The executive function of updating information in working memory for the serial order of visual and spatial events

Santana, Jeanny Joana Rodrigues Alves de 20 September 2013 (has links)
No modelo dos multicomponentes da memória de trabalho o problema do armazenamento da ordem serial de eventos visuais e espaciais ainda é muito discutido. A literatura sugere que recursos do executivo central (o sistema de controle atencional da memória de trabalho) são utilizados para manter a representação da posição serial dos estímulos visuais e espaciais na memória. Mais precisamente, é proposto que a função executiva de atualização de informações esteja envolvida com este processo. Esta função promoveria a modificação contínua da representação mental conforme a entrada de novas informações no sistema cognitivo. Entretanto, não está esclarecido se ocorre uma dissociação visual e espacial no uso de recursos da função executiva de atualização de informações para o registro da ordem serial. O objetivo do presente estudo foi verificar o envolvimento da função executiva de atualização da informação na memória para a ordem de eventos visuais e espaciais. Os participantes foram estudantes universitários (n = 71) que realizaram as tarefas de memória delineadas segundo o paradigma de tarefas duplas. Neste procedimento as tarefas primárias de memória visual e espacial foram combinadas a tarefas secundárias executivas de tempo de reação de escolha (CRT) e tarefas que exigiam recursos de atualização da informação (tarefa de tempo de reação de escolha para um item anterior CRT-1). Na tarefa CRT o participante deveria julgar dois tons auditivos como sendo de alta ou baixa frequência. Na tarefa CRT-1 esta resposta deveria ser atrasada em um item, ou seja, a resposta ao estímulo n só deveria ser dada quando o estímulo n + 1 fosse apresentado. As tarefas secundárias eram realizadas durante a apresentação dos estímulos e no intervalo de retenção das tarefas primárias. No primeiro experimento a capacidade máxima de armazenamento espacial e visual (span) de cada participante foi estabelecida em sessão pré-teste, e no segundo experimento o participante memorizou sequências de três a sete itens. Os resultados mostraram que, de modo geral, o desempenho dos participantes nas tarefas primárias foi prejudicado mediante a interferência na função de atualização de informações. As semelhanças entre a memória serial visual e a memória serial espacial foram: curvas de posição serial caracterizadas por primazia e recência; predominância de erros de transposição de deslocamento em um item da posição correta; efeito prejudicial do aumento do tamanho da sequência; queda do desempenho quando recursos executivos são reduzidos, principalmente os designados a sustentar a função executiva de atualização da informação. As diferenças entre os dois tipos de representação serial em geral foram: menor capacidade e precisão na representação de itens na memória visual em comparação à espacial; a memória visual é mais susceptível ao aumento da quantidade de itens para retenção e para este tipo de armazenamento não há uma diferenciação clara entre os efeitos dos dois tipos de interferência executiva (CRT e CRT-1), como pôde ser determinado para a tarefa espacial. Conclui-se que recursos executivos de atualização da informação participam dos mecanismos envolvidos com o registro da ordem serial dos eventos visuais e espaciais de maneira integrada aos recursos específicos do armazenador visuoespacial. Sugere-se que a memória visual conta com um mecanismo de registro da ordem serial semelhante à memória espacial, sendo que as diferenças entre os dois padrões de desempenho são atribuídas às especificidades no registro da identidade dos itens, e não na manutenção da ordem serial dos mesmos. Implicações para a compreensão da interação funcional entre recursos de armazenamento e processamento da informação na memória de trabalho são discutidos. / In the multicomponent model of working memory is still unclear how the serial order of visual and spatial events is retained in memory. The literature suggests that the central executive resources (the attentional control system of working memory) are used to maintain the representation of serial position. More precisely, it is proposed that the executive function of updating information is involved with this process. This function makes continuous modification of mental representation to accommodate new information in the cognitive system. However, until now had not yet been determined whether there is a visual-spatial dissociation in use of executive function of updating information for the registration of serial order. The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of the executive function of updating information in memory for the order of visual and spatial events. Participants were undergraduate students (n = 71) who performed memory tasks designed under the paradigm of dual-tasks. In this procedure the primary tasks of visual and spatial memory were combined with secondary executive tasks of choice reaction time (CRT) and tasks that occupied resources required to update the information (one-back choice reaction time CRT-1). In the CRT task the participant should judge two auditory tones as high or low frequency. In CRT-1 task this response should be delayed in one item, that is, the response to the n stimulus should only be given when the n + 1 stimulus was presented. The secondary tasks were performed during the presentation of the stimuli and the retention interval of the primary tasks. In the first experiment the capacity (span) to retain spatial and visual information was established in pre-test session, and in the second experiment the participants memorized sequences of three to seven items. The results showed that, overall, participants\' performance on primary tasks was impaired by interference on the updating information. The similarities between visual and spatial serial memory were: primacy and recency in serial position curves; most frequent serial position error of transposition in one item; detrimental effect of increasing the size of the sequence, performance impaired by the interference in the executive resources, especially those designed to support the executive function of updating information. The differences between the two types of serial representation, in general, were: smaller capacity and precision in the representation of visual items as compared to the spatial characteristics; the vulnerability of visual memory to the increasing the amount of items is bigger than in spatial memory, and for visual memory there is not a clear differentiation between the effects of two types of executive interference (CRT and CRT-1) as could be determined for the spatial task. We conclude that executive resources of updating information are part of the mechanisms involved in the registration of the serial order of visual and spatial events, and they work in an integrated manner to specific visuospatial resources. The data suggests that visual memory has a mechanism for registration of serial order like spatial memory, and the differences between the two patterns of performance are attributed to the maintenance of identity of the items, and not the maintenance of serial order. Implications for understanding the functional interaction between storage resources and processing of information in working memory are discussed.
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Uma história serial e conceitual da gramática brasileira oitocentista de língua portuguesa / A serial and conceptual history of 19th century Brazilian grammars of the Portuguese language

Polachini, Bruna Soares 20 October 2017 (has links)
Nesta tese, que se propôs a explorar as gramáticas brasileiras do português publicadas no século XIX, tivemos três objetivos. O primeiro foi realizar um mapeamento exaustivo da produção gramatical brasileira do português do século XIX, o qual foi feito por meio de fontes secundárias e catálogos de bibliotecas. Tivemos conhecimento de 127 títulos e 77 reedições, o que resulta em duzentas gramáticas. A partir dos dados coletados, que, em geral, eram título, subtítulo, autor, ano de publicação, local e casa impressora, formalizamos unidades de análise para, ao relacioná-las, por meio da metodologia da História Serial (Furet 1991, Barros 2005), realizar um mapeamento descritivo e interpretativo dessa produção. Nosso segundo objetivo, tendo selecionado, com base em quatro critérios combinados (prestígio, emergência, institucionalização e diálogo), dezoito exemplares (16 títulos, 2 reedições) dos duzentos e quatro de que tivemos conhecimento, foi de realizar uma análise orientada para os conteúdos dessas obras, organizada em torno de uma possível rede conceitual. A hipótese dessa análise, baseada em Auroux (2009[1992]) e Swiggers (2010), é de que alguns conceitos poderiam ser eixo de uma rede conceitual devido à sua influência técnica e, eventualmente teórica, em uma determinada tradição de descrição linguística. Essa hipótese surgiu nos resultados de nossa pesquisa de mestrado, em que, ao notar a complexidade da dimensão técnica (cf. Swiggers 2004) de algumas obras dessa tradição, pensamos ser necessário procurar meios de tornar sua análise mais homogênea (cf. Polachini 2013, Polachini 2016). Para testá-la, examinamos o conceito-chave de \'verbo substantivo\' apresentado nas obras selecionadas, que são amiúde influenciadas pela tradição da grammaire générale francesa, ao menos até 1880, quando passa a haver também influência do método histórico-comparativo (cf. Maciel 1910, Nascentes 1939, Elia 1975, Cavaliere 2001, Parreira 2011, Polachini 2013). Ademais, foi necessário formalizar uma metodologia a fim de reconhecer a rede conceitual em torno do verbo substantivo. Primeiramente, definimos conceitos gramaticais como sendo formados por meio de processos classificatórios da cadeia falada. Tais processos têm como produto, por um lado, termos, e, por outro, conceitos. Estes últimos podem ser analisados intensionalmente, por meio de sua definição e seu lugar numa determinada taxonomia, ou extensionalmente, considerando o inventário de dados linguísticos eleitos como exemplos e eventuais ilustrações desses dados em uso. Cada conceito é, portanto, analisado por meio das seguintes categorias: definição, taxonomia, exemplos, ilustrações e por seus termos. Consideramos rede conceitual as relações travadas entre o conceito-chave, verbo substantivo, e conceitos que, na tradição da grammaire générale teriam já alguma relação com o verbo substantivo (cf. Chevalier 1968; Colombat 1992; Raby 2000; Bouard 2007), a saber: gramática e linguagem, metaclasses e classes de palavras, modificadores do nome, verbo, oração (seus elementos e sua organização) apresentadas nas obras. Essas relações podem ser de quatro tipos: (1) equivalência; (2) intersecção (3) subordinação; (4) base teórica comum. Finalmente, distinguimos no texto gramatical a descrição linguística, que chamamos de texto, e as ampliações, reflexões ou críticas realizadas sobre essa descrição, que chamamos de metatexto. Tal metodologia nos permitiu uma visão mais clara e homogênea da dimensão técnica das obras (e de seu eventual ecletismo), além de proporcionar uma visão mais complexa de continuidades e descontinuidades dessa produção, que contrasta com aquelas das revisões históricas. Ademais, os resultados apontam também para: relações entre agendas dos autores ao publicarem suas gramáticas e seu ecletismo. Nossa terceira proposta foi de que esta tese fosse não apenas uma historiografia, mas também uma epihistoriografia dessa tradição. Assim, apresentamos dois apêndices: um com informações catalográficas das 204 gramáticas de que tivemos conhecimento, organizadas cronologicamente; e outro com os paratextos das dezoito obras analisadas. / In this thesis, which approached the Brazilian grammars of Portuguese published in the 19th century, we had three objectives. The first one was to conduct a comprehensive mapping of the Brazilian grammatical production on Portuguese in the 19th century, which we carried out through secondary sources and library catalogs. We have acknowledged 127 titles and 77 re-editions, which total two hundred grammars. From the data collected, which generally consisted of title, subtitle, author, year published, publisher city and publisher name, we built standardized units of analysis so that, when analyzing their relations among one another, we conducted a descriptive and interpretative mapping of this production, adopting the methodology of Serial History (Furet 1991, Barros 2005). By selecting eighteen grammars (16 titles, 2 re-editions) out of the acknowledged two hundred works, based on four combined criteria (prestige, emergence, institutionalization and dialog), our second object was to carry out an analysis oriented to the content of these selected works, organized under a possible conceptual network. The hypothesis of this analysis, based on Auroux (2009[1992]) and Swiggers (2010), is that some concepts could work as an axis of a conceptual network due to their technical, and sometimes theoretical, influence on a specific tradition of linguistic description. This hypothesis was raised in the results of our masters research, in which, by realizing the complexity of some of this traditions grammars technical dimension (cf. Swiggers 2004), we thought it to be necessary to find ways of turning the analysis more homogeneous (cf. Polachini 2013, Polachini 2016). In order to test its effectiveness, we examined the key concept of verbo substantivo (literally: substantive verb), presented in the selected works, which are frequently influenced by the tradition of the French grammaire générale, at least until 1880, when the influence of the historical-comparative method started to take place (cf. Maciel 1910, Nascentes 1939, Elia 1975, Cavaliere 2001, Parreira 2011, Polachini 2013). Moreover, it was necessary to formalize a methodology in order to recognize the conceptual network around the verbo substantivo. First, we defined the grammatical concepts as being formed through classifying processes of spoken speech. These processes have as products, on one side, terms and, on the other, concepts. The latter can be analyzed intentionally, through its definition and its places in a specific taxonomy, or extensionally, considering the inventory of linguistic data considered as examples and any illustrations of these data in use. Each concept is, therefore, analyzed through the following categories: definition, taxonomy, examples, illustrations and by its terms. We considered as conceptual network the relations between the key concept, verbo substantivo, and concepts that, in the grammaire génerales tradition would already have some relation to the verbo substantivo (cf. Chevalier 1968; Colombat 1992; Raby 2000; Bouard 2007), such as: grammar and language, metaclasses and parts of speech, noun modifiers, verb, clause (its elements and organization) presented in the grammars. These relations can be of three types: (1) identity; (2) intersection; (3) subordination; (4) shared theoretical background. Finally, in the grammatical text, we distinguished the linguistic description, which we called text, from its expansions, reflections and critical comments on this description, which we called metatext. Such methodology allowed a clearer and more homogeneous view of the technical dimension of the works analyzed (and their often eclecticism), in addition to providing a more complex view of continuities and discontinuities of this production, which contrasts with those of the historical reviews. Furthermore, the results also point to: relations between the authors schedules when publishing their grammars and their eclecticism; and the metatexts role between teaching and linguistic reflection. Our third objective was to make this thesis not only a historiography but also a epihistoriography of this tradition. Thus, we presented two appendices: one with cataloging information of the two hundred grammars which we acknowledged, organized chronologically; and another one with the paratexts of the eighteen works analyzed.

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